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'#' in from SELECT ... FROM

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GregDDDD
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Posted - 2011-10-03 : 17:01:52

I'm trying to deconstruct an SSI package, which calls some SPs. I don't have all of the tables that the SPs call so I'm trying to figure out what I'm missing, so I can request it. I have seen a few select statements that are like....

SELECT {column, column, column} FROM #{object_name}

I've never seen the '#' symbol used like this so I'm not sure what type of object this is. Can someone clarify this for me?

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2011-10-03 : 17:11:53

It's a temporary table, gets stored in tempdb although the name will be different than what you are seeing.

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GregDDDD
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Posted - 2011-10-03 : 17:37:26

Got it. Thank you very much.

tkizer
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Posted - 2011-10-03 : 18:01:19

You're welcome, glad to help.

Tara Kizer
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